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OPP FILM [3 records]

Record 1 2005-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Flexography (Printing)
OBS

Terms extracted from the Vocabulaire de la flexographie of France Brodeur and reproduced with the authorization of the Institut des communications graphiques du Québec.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Flexographie (Imprimerie)
DEF

Film de polypropylène étiré dans un sens au cours de son extrusion pour augmenter sa résistance.

OBS

[Ce film est] fréquemment utilisé dans les emballages pour confiseries et biscuits.

CONT

Encore un des produits spéciaux pour lesquels ExxonMobil Chemical joue un rôle prépondérant : le film OPP (polypropylène orienté).

OBS

Terme, définition et observation tirés du Vocabulaire de la flexographie de France Brodeur. Reproduction autorisée par l'Institut des communications graphiques du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Plastic
DEF

A biaxially oriented polypropylene film.

CONT

The basic raw materials for OPP films are four different polypropylene-rich resins : homopolymer, copolymer, terpolymer, and modified resins.... When a film is biaxially oriented, it is mechanically stretched in directions which are at right angles to each other. By doing this, the film's molecules are aligned in the cross(transverse) machine direction(XD) as well as in the machine direction(MD).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en matières plastiques
OBS

[polypropylène] - Applications essentielles [...] Films d'aspect bi-orienté dit «OPP» pour produits alimentaires [...] suremballage de paquets de cigarettes, enveloppage de fleurs [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Plastic
CONT

Mobil also introduced a "low temperature sealable coating" OPP film(LTSC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en matières plastiques

Spanish

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